When The Surrey hotel reopened under the Corinthia umbrella, there was an air of confusion over its choice of interior designer. Martin Brudnizki, lauded for his use of colour, texture and pattern — normally all in one go — didn’t seem like a natural fit for a hotel group that tended to skew towards the … Read more
‘Welcome. I see you are staying in one of our hives tonight.’ Never have I felt such excitement; hunkering down in a treehouse for a cosy winter night, like a woodland animal preparing for hibernation, is pretty much my wildest fantasy. Wildhive at Callow Hall is where this fantasy came true. Set within 35 acres … Read more
Whisky is the most cosmopolitan of spirits, enjoyed, or at least consumed, wherever human beings gather to numb their senses. It’s also the most provincial of spirits. The taste, aroma and texture of a whisky — or at any rate a good whisky — are specific to the place where it was made. Pinpoint parochial. … Read more
Inside a glass-walled suite, suspended over Marina Bay Street Circuit’s starting lights, Singapore’s Grand Prix weekend is unfolding in glamorous style. To the clickety-clack soundtrack of brand new Gucci Horsebit slingback shoes, waiters orbit the room with trays of tiny, ornate canapés and Glenfiddich spritzes in cut-glass goblets that sparkle in the glare of the … Read more
Can 18 million people be wrong? That’s the number of folk each year who visit the Lake District, but — and it pains me to say this, as someone who loves Cumbria and has been many times — I do worry that most of them leave disappointed. A worryingly high percentage of tourists jump on … Read more